Infiniti G37 Prices Paid and Buying Experience

oceanbluela

Thanks Kingpcgeek. That makes sense. I'm going to try for a bit more. I probably won't get it, but you never know. :-)

jbatt

I love the G37, but there is not the incentive being thrown around that is on the G35, plus G37 is probably not a good decision for a Michigan winter. I drove a G35 today and that convinced me that it's the car for me. I am going to purchase vehicle, so what would be a good number? Post above on Jul 15 got deal at $1500 below invoice plus Tax and license. Is the number to be shooting for? What do you think?

loudog2

remember the 2009 G37x sedan is coming out in September/October. No price has been set, but orders are being taken. You won't get the big discounts like for the G35 sedan. Dealers ae trying to dump all the G35's in the next couple months.

jbatt

When I test drove the G35 on Saturday I was told no longer building '08, but still had product being shipped over from Japan. I was also told once '08 are down to normal supply financing special will end. Salesman seemed honest saying didn't know when that would be, but did not know if current specials would be extended or not, but had been extended 3 times so far.

I still need to know what is the right price for a purchase for G35xs with prem, nav, wood, cargo mat. Is $1500 under invoice best deal or is there a better number to work with?

kslup

Loretta - i am in NY looking for a good dealer - seems you got great deal. Please et me know where you wentand whom you dealt with??
thanks! :shades:

loretta9

Pepe Infinity in White Plains, NY. Anthony Grant (internet sales) was terrific!..Great price and service. Email him for a price quote. He's a cut above the rest. Good luck!

kingpcgeek

Is anyone getting a G35 Journey, Premium, Non-Nav below invoice? Here in Phoenix the three dealers I have quotes from are quoting Invoice + 500 - $500 loyalty for a sale price of invoice.

jbatt

Are you looking to buy? If you are see if you can get it for $500 over invoice and get 1.9% financing. If you can I would say great deal. I am in process of finishing negotiating my deal and looking at $800 over invoice plus 1.9%.

kingpcgeek

I am leasing.

If you are buying you can get $2000 dealer cash instead of the 1.9% financing. You might want to see what gets you the better deal. Also if you are a previous Infiniti owner there is also $1000 loyalty cash.

teamboulton

Lease on 2005 G35 ends in approx 30 days. Anyone with any recent experiences with any dealers in the Indiana/Ohio/Kentucky area. I live in Indianapolis, but am willing to go to Cinci or L'ville...Chicago's a little far.

dwynne

Harper in Knoxville, TN looks to be 6 hours away from you. Nice deals, no BS, and $0 doc fee. It is where I got my G37.

Dennis

teamboulton

Thanks, Dennis. The drive may be worth it to avoid any BS.

Can you clarify 1 thing for me, if I buy/lease the vehicle in another state do I pay the tax rate of the state where I will register the vehicle, i.e. Indiana?

karayan

Did you buy the car brand new or cert. pre-owned? I tried to negotiate w/ the other dealer w/ exact features as yours but won't gave in for that price that you got. Would you please post all the numbers that were charged for your car?

Thanks for this website, I learned a lot. I tried my first negotiation yesterday armed with all figures...and huh! the dealer will take your arm and leg if you don't have any idea at all.

dwynne

Let me know what you are looking for - model, options, and colors and I can ask my salesperson if they have it and how much. Or ping me via my profile and I can forward the contact info to you.

TN taxes on the cap cost and the payment so a TN dealer should not charge an out of state buyer any tax at all. For sure if you make no cap cost reduction (a good idea in any case).

Leasing from any out of state dealer should work the same way, but it is possible in a state where tax is due up front or up front on the whole car (e.g. Texas) that the dealer may try to (or have to) collect taxes on the deal from out of state lessees.

IN taxes the payment, right? Then the lease bank (IFS) would just add IN taxes to your payment each month.

Dennis

pjt6970

i'm being quoted for g35x w/nav $39,475 msrp & $34,975 to drive away. any thoughts, first blush on this quote

cooper23

You are in luck!! We just bought today and live in Indianapolis area. We did extensive research and wound up in Louisville today. 2008 G35x (premium pkg) OTD for $32K ($29,470 before TTL including trade in valued between $3,500 and $4,500 on KBB for trade-in value). We figure we probably got below invoice - sticker was $37,930.

cooper23

BTW - we also got the 1.9% financing. hope we got a good deal?

udzone

Hi all,
I've been reading these boards and doing research, and wanted to report on my purchase on Saturday. I got a 2008 G35x with prem, tech and wood...MSRP was $40,025 for $34,250.

Thanks to everyone for posting here, it sure helped me negotiate price!

night_ranger

Congratulations!

Great purchase, checking in to see if you were a previous Infiniti owner and received the 1K loyalty offer on that price you quoted?

night_ranger

Congratulations!

Great purchase, checking in to see if you were a previous Infiniti owner and received the 1K loyalty offer on that price you quoted?

cooper23

No we had not previously owned an Infiniti...

udzone

Yes, I received the 1K loyalty cash on the deal.

mantou

Thanks for sharing your experiences. What was your price pre-tax, or how much below invoice did it end up being?

mantou

Anyone know if there's more room for negotiations than the $2k incentive (I've heard an additional 1% holdback)? I'm seeing some great prices and wonder if there's not more Infiniti is offering to the dealers to get these off their lots...what with slow sales overall and the new G37 sedans rolling in...

kingpcgeek

In the Phoenix area no one is going lower then $500 over invoice.

teamboulton

Did you find our local Indy dealer to be "unreasonable"? I haven't contacted them yet, but that was certainly my past experience.

cooper23

actually, they weren't too bad despite what we had been told, but they just couldn't get there price-wise. if you tell me how to contact you i can give you more details...

mantou

Hmm, I guess I have the benefit of living in California, where there's enough volume sitting on lots that they're readily going $2k under invoice. Just a quick spot check of about 10 dealers in both Nor and So Cal, 8 off the bat gave me $2k. Then again, we also have >8% sales tax in the Golden State...

I know there's more to be had, so I'm going to push hard...but I want to be somewhat reasonable and make sure they're still walking away with a bit of profit

teamboulton

boultonm11@yahoo.com

Thanks

604doc

The further most northern dealer I see listed for California is in Roseville. Does that sound right?

kingpcgeek

they're readily going $2k under invoice
If you are a previous owner buying you could get $2,500 under invoice here due to the $1,000 loyalty cash and $2,000 dealer cash. But I am a previous customer leasing so the best I can get in PHX is invoice + 500 - 500 lease loyalty = invoice.

Then again, we also have >8% sales tax in the Golden State..
8.05% for lease payments in AZ

dwynne

Don't forget to figure in the dealer's doc or prep fees in your prices. Some (where not regulated) charge up to $600 for this "service" and you must count this in your price when shopping for the best deal.

My local dealer gets $500 and then adds > $1k of options to every car, so if they told you that you could have a G for $2k under invoice your net price might really be $500 under .

Dennis

mantou

What's your tax rate and how much are license/tags/doc fees? Assuming 6.5% for MN and $100 fees, you're getting nearly $4k sub invoice! Are you using a 1k loyalty cash for previous/current Infiniti ownership?

pjt6970

I haven't gotten that far yet on tags, docs, etc. Tax here is 6.65% or something close to that. It went up recently. Sub $4k? That can't be right...I'll have to double check but I don't think that is including any loyalty cash.

mantou

$34,975 to drive away
I haven't gotten that far yet on tags, docs, etc. Tax here is 6.65% or something close to that.

Ok, I assumed $34,975 was your OTD price when you said 'drive away'. Edmunds shows invoice as $36.7k. $4k off + 6.65% taxes comes to ~$34.8k.

kingpcgeek

Trying to decide on leasing a sedan now or waiting for the G37. The quotes I am getting now are at invoice with the loyalty cash included.

I decided to go back to old posts back when the newly redesigned 07 version of the sedan hit the streets. Looks like right out the gate most cars were selling around sticker price

For all of you prognosticators out there what do you think we are going to see with the G37 sedan? Since it is a much smaller change are we going to see prices closer to invoice or sticker?

hgagarwa

I'm in San Francisco and visited a couple dealerships today for the G37 Journey Coupe with sports, premium, navigation and splash guards. 2 dealers quoted me $40,825 (Edmunds invoice) + $500. The MSRP is $44,925 on this beauty.

Here's what I'm unclear about: Is the 2k incentive already built in to this or should I be negotiating more? I feel like I'm still paying way too much bec the dealer is still not pushing price increases. Also, holdback? Thoughts?

kingpcgeek

there isn't a $2000 incentive on the coupe, only the sedan. there is $1000 loyalty cash to buy if you are a current Infiniti owner, or $500 to lease

hgagarwa

Got it. The dealer has given me the sale price but not the specific terms of the lease as yet. How can I go about getting the exact per month.

The residual is ~60%, I'm paying $1,200 upfront which is for the title, first month, etc. Have very good credit. Does $600 sound right for 24 months??

dwynne

It is likely that the deals will not be as good from the deals and very likely that the lease, loan, and incentives will not be there on the new model. The G37 sedan launched in August, right? It was January before they had some real good lease deals and customer cash. I would say the time span would be less for the new sedan, but you never know. The G37 didn't qualify for VPP pricing for several months, sames as when the G35 sedan redesign launched. I guess if we hear the G37 sedans don't qualify for VPP pricing then we know things will be tight for a while.

If you are getting an auto tranny, the new gearbox has more speeds. The sports pack cars get the larger sedan wheels. Of course there is the "3.7l" factor. Truth be told, the larger power plant weighs more so my G37 6mt does not seem any faster to me than the 6mt and auto G35 sedans I test drove. If buying, I would guess the G37 sedan would always be worth a good bit more then a used G35 just because of the impression that is a WAY better. If leasing, the better deals may have already pass and it could be long time until things get that cheap again.

In the end we don't know, it is all based on sales volume and days supply. If they have too many then they will discount them and put cheap money or incentives on them to move some out.

Dennis

mitchelllll

First, a huge *thank you* to Dennis and everyone else that took the time to read, respond or even think about responding:-)

Can someone tell me if you think that we got a 'good deal' on our G35x/premium/lakeshore slate with wood and wheat interior?

MSRP- 38,480 (incl destination, splash guards, cargo net)
Invoice- 35,250
Sales- 35,200 (includes 200. for trucking fee- I agreed to split the fee with the dealer)

Lease:
15,000 miles, 36 months
MF- .00167
Res- 58%
Gap insurance- included
Out the door- 3161.89 (incl 299 doc, MD 6% sales tax, 265. registration/tags/title, 1st month)
Monthly payment- 450.79
Gross cap cost- 35,095.

More info:

It was a good experience until I got to the money man. We ended up leasing. I called IFS to get the lowdown on security deposit (required by IFS but dealers can waive) and current marketing offers. I also found out that dealers can use IFS leasing or a menu of other banks (Chase, Bo f A, Hon) to get a better deal.

Interesting side note: many dealers told us we couldn't find the car we wanted (wheat, wood trim interior, no nav, low mileage/10 miles, etc) but we finally found one willing to play ball. This Va dealer ended up going to NJ (we live in Md) to get the car.

Oddball question of the entire process was when the dealer asked me what his incentive was for selling the car at my offering proce. I remembered what Dennis said though and stuck to my guns knowing that no dealer will throw me out for making a reasonable offer.

I declined the $600. Maintenance fee and also got a coupon for 1st oil change I rolled the acquisition fee into the lease. I could have rolled almost everything else in too but couldn't afford the higher monthly payment. The money man was alittle to fast with the calculator. I asked for 36 and 39 month lease options. He used the wrong MF and numb of months twice. Each time he calculated it, he came up with a different number. I caught it before signing the contract. I was ready to walk and the sales mgr split the difference with me. Like I said, good experience but watch the money man!

There was also a $150. Assignment fee and no disposition fee. I also read the wear & tear clause of the contract well.

The dealership also said that the passenger side rattle that others have referred to is caused by 'rails on the seat'.

Thanks again to everyone.

604doc

Hi Dennis,
Quick question, how do you like the manual tranny in your G? I've from a few sources that it's hard to drive "smoothly". Sorry about the off topic question.

dwynne

It is not that bad, but what makes it tougher for me is going from car to car to car (I have 3 with manual transmissions and 1 auto). I think if you drove the G every day it would be no problem - but it is a little different. BMW clutches are different too - and when I first drove a BMW (or get in one now) it takes some adjustment as well.

Dennis

604doc

Thanks for the response. That's one of my main draws to the G. It's getting harder to find a manual transmission these days on higher end cars.

hgagarwa

Just got this quote and I'm close to signing. In San Francisco. Please tell me if I'm being ripped!

G37 Journey Coupe
Sports, Premium, Navigation
Spoilers and some other stuff I don't need (Cargo mat, net, spoilers)
24 months, 12,000 miles
MF 0.0019
MSRP $44, 580
Sell $40,750
Residual $31,650
$1,700 out of the door
This includes 595 bank fee, 8.45 CA tire tax, 340 DMV fees, 45 doc fee, and 146 cap reduction (?)
$550 per month (incl tax)

Any thoughts welcome, thanks so much for the help! Love the car!

604doc

CA has an 845 dollar tire tax? That's just crazy. Republik of Kalifornia. :mad:

hgagarwa

Just clarified all of this with the dealer. Thats 8.45 (he misspoke or I misheard!).

Its basically $1700 out of the door incl 1st months lease, title, registration, doc etc and then $510 + $39 tax = $549 per month. Good deal?

mantou

Thanks to everyone's great advice here, especially Dennis, I just brought home a G35 with nav and wood for $2300-$2600 under invoice (hard to estimate given the unwanted accessories), not to mention the loyalty cash.

There are definitely deals to be had, so push hard!

kyfdx

$8.45 thats Eight Dollars and Forty-Five Cents..

It's to help pay for the cleanup of old tire dumps..

dwynne

Congratulations on the new G! What colors did you get?

Dennis